…even when the action gets rather too sadistic for comfort, and there’s some nasty stuff here in Ma, Spencer relishes the task of taking her kindly features and seems to enjoy suggesting considerable malice lurking behind that familiar smile…

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 16, 2024

It forsakes the potential of its chaotic set-up in favour of high school drama, past and present, and a shallow anti-bullying message that doesn’t feel nearly as layered as it ought to have been.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2024

It is as dreadful mess, but worse still it is a dull one.

| Original Score: 4/10 | May 8, 2024

Ma is an interesting take on the consequences of high school bullying. It is great at allowing the viewers to see it through the eyes of the victim, Sue Ann, and even understand how it deeply affected her...

| Original Score: C+ | May 2, 2024

Overall, I did not really enjoy watching the film nor can I recommend it.

| Jan 22, 2023

...there is only so much you can pull from what can best be described as run-of-the-mill teen stock characters.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 23, 2022

Episode 39: Ma / The Souvenir / Lenny / Cabaret

| Original Score: 36/100 | Oct 4, 2021

The good kind of trash.

| Original Score: B | Aug 15, 2021

There's still some entertainment to be found at Ma's house, but not enough.

| Original Score: 2. 5 / 5 | Jun 25, 2021

Certainly, no one could be bored by Ma, which is as unpredictable as its unstable protagonist. There's a ton of fun to be had here, just don't expect it to make any sense.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 22, 2021

[Ma is] an antihero of the highest caliber...The catharsis was glorious.

| Mar 13, 2021

Though "Ma" is a tad uneven, the movie crackles with uneasy electricity anytime Spencer graces the screen.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 19, 2021

Taylor aspires for camp and while the script doesn't fully deliver, Spencer absolutely does. She gives the film an energy that Scotty Landes' screenplay is somewhat lacking.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 30, 2020

Though the film contains a timely theme (the long-term effects of bullying), there's something missing from the latest from Blumhouse Pictures.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Nov 20, 2020

As a result of its staunch yet muddled writing, Ma ends up being a serviceable camp thriller with a tremendous Octavia Spencer performance.

| Sep 25, 2020

One of the most unique, inspired horror movie villains to come across the big screen in quite some time.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 15, 2020

If you like your horror campy and funny with a devilishly nasty edge, then Ma will most certainly take care of you.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 28, 2020

Where Landes sees satire, Taylor sees trauma. Where Landes sees a sick joke, Taylor sees a sickness.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 28, 2020

Ma is gloriously trashy, with the right amount of camp fun, creepiness and comedic absurdity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 15, 2020

We gradually learn more about Ma's backstory, and the only real twist is how mundane it all is.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jun 24, 2020